US Congress House Bill 616 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 21 2009 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2009-01-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Health Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 2008, with respect to Medicare quality standards for suppliers of items and services which shall be applied by recognized independent accreditation organizations. Applies to pharmacies and pharmacists the eligible professional exemption from such accreditation requirements, unless such standards are designed specifically for application to pharmacies and pharmacists. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to exempt pharmacies and pharmacists from such standards if licensing, accreditation, or other mandatory quality requirements apply to them with respect to the furnishing of items and services.

To amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for an exemption of pharmacies and pharmacists from certain Medicare accreditation requirements in the same manner as such exemption applies to certain professionals.

Rep. Robert Aderholt [R-AL]	Rep. Todd Akin [R-MO]	Rep. Rodney Alexander [R-LA]	Rep. Joe Baca [D-CA]
Rep. Spencer Bachus [R-AL]	Rep. John Barrow [D-GA]	Rep. Marion Berry [D-AR]	Rep. Sanford Bishop [D-GA]
Rep. Timothy Bishop [D-NY]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Sen. Roy Blunt [R-MO]	Rep. Jo Bonner [R-AL]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Rick Boucher [D-VA]	Rep. Charles Boustany [R-LA]
Rep. Allen Boyd [D-FL]	Rep. Bruce Braley [D-IA]	Rep. Bobby Bright [D-AL]	Rep. Christopher Carney [D-PA]
Sen. Bill Cassidy [R-LA]	Rep. Ben Chandler [D-KY]	Rep. Travis Childers [D-MS]	Rep. Tom Cole [R-OK]
Rep. Gerald Connolly [D-VA]	Rep. Artur Davis [D-AL]	Rep. Lincoln Davis [D-TN]	Rep. Nathan Deal [R-GA]
Rep. Steve Driehaus [D-OH]	Rep. John Duncan [R-TN]	Rep. Chet Edwards [D-TX]	Rep. Jo Emerson [R-MO]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA]	Rep. Jeff Fortenberry [R-NE]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]	Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]
Rep. Bart Gordon [D-TN]	Rep. Sam Graves [R-MO]	Rep. Parker Griffith [R-AL]	Rep. Doc Hastings [R-WA]
Sen. Martin Heinrich [D-NM]	Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin [D-SD]	Rep. Tim Holden [D-PA]	Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC]	Rep. Steve Kagen [D-WI]	Rep. Mary Kilroy [D-OH]	Rep. Suzanne Kosmas [D-FL]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO]	Rep. Tom Latham [R-IA]	Rep. Christopher Lee [R-NY]	Rep. Daniel Lipinski [D-IL]
Rep. Frank LoBiondo [R-NJ]	Rep. Frank Lucas [R-OK]	Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]
Rep. Betsy Markey [D-CO]	Rep. Jim Marshall [D-GA]	Rep. Patrick McHenry [R-NC]	Rep. Mike McIntyre [D-NC]
Rep. Michael McMahon [D-NY]	Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers [R-WA]	Rep. Charlie Melancon [D-LA]	Rep. Michael Michaud [D-ME]
Rep. Dennis Moore [D-KS]	Sen. Jerry Moran [R-KS]	Rep. Patrick Murphy [R-PA]	Rep. Devin Nunes [R-CA]
Rep. Ron Paul [R-TX]	Rep. Collin Peterson [D-MN]	Rep. Thomas Petri [R-WI]	Rep. Todd Platts [R-PA]
Rep. Bill Posey [R-FL]	Rep. Nick Rahall [D-WV]	Rep. Denny Rehberg [R-MT]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]
Rep. Harold Rogers [R-KY]	Rep. Mike D. Rogers [R-AL]	Rep. Mike Ross [D-AR]	Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]
Rep. John Salazar [D-CO]	Sen. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH]	Rep. Ike Skelton [D-MO]
Rep. Adrian Smith [R-NE]	Rep. Mark Souder [R-IN]	Rep. Bart Stupak [D-MI]	Rep. John Tanner [D-TN]
Rep. Harry Teague [D-NM]	Rep. Lee Terry [R-NE]	Rep. Glenn Thompson [R-PA]	Rep. Todd Tiahrt [R-KS]
Rep. Nydia Velazquez [D-NY]	Rep. Timothy Walz [D-MN]	Rep. Zach Wamp [R-TN]	Sen. Peter Welch [D-VT]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]	Rep. Robert Wexler [D-FL]	Rep. Robert Wittman [R-VA]	Rep. Frank Wolf [R-VA]
Rep. Don Young [R-AK]

Date	Chamber	Action
2009-01-22		Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
2009-01-21		Referred to House Ways and Means
2009-01-21		Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2009-01-21		Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

SB511 (Related) 2009-03-03 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/616/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr616/BILLS-111hr616ih.pdf